FC9 NetworkManager & WPA
max
maximilianbianco at gmail.com
Sat Aug 23 16:58:53 UTC 2008
Devon Harding wrote:
> 2008/8/23 Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com>
>
>> On Saturday 23 August 2008 16:26:06 Devon Harding wrote:
>>> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 11:44 PM, Brian Powell <bpowell01 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>> Devon,
>>>>
>>>> Make sure you have the wpa_supplicant package installed.
>>>>
>>> The wpa_supplicant package is installed (and the update). When I select
>> my
>>> wireless from the drop down list, it still asks for a WEP key instead of
>> a
>>> WPA key.
>>>
>>> Do I need the wpa_supplicant_gui package too?
>>>
>> I see the same behaviour on my EeePC. It does no harm, but it's b******
>> annoying. (I presume that, like me, you can use the drop-down arrow to
>> select WPA then manually give it the passphrase?)
>>
>> Anne
>>
>>
> The thing is, WPA is not one of the choices. I only have the following:
>
> WEP 128-bit Passphrase
> WEP 40/128-bit Hexadecimal
> WEP 40/128-bit ASCII
> LEAP
> Dynamic WEP (802.1x)
>
>
Have you tried an older kernel? I have seen some weird stuff with
wireless on the latest but it may be something else going on there.
What kind of wireless device are you working with?
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